Does It Fly?

Stranger Things: The REAL Upside Down is Weirder Than You Think

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WICKED: FOR GOOD - WHAT IF ANIMALS COULD TALK?!?

One of the best things about the version of Oz portrayed in the Wicked movies is the wonderful talking animals. But how real could they actually be? Wicked: For Good is

The Terrifying REALITY of A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET!

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Romancing Superman: How Lois and Clark Get Intimate

Superman (2025) brings audiences a version of Lois Lane and Clark Kent who are clearly very hot for each other. But could they ever actually consummate their relationship

How the Vulcan Mind Meld from Star Trek Works

“My mind to your mind. My thoughts to your thoughts…” Vulcans right before they guess your phone password. We’ve all seen them do it. A Vulcan gets cozy with an individ

FREAKY FRIDAY and the SCIENCE of Body Swap Movies

It’s a time honored trope in movies: one brain, soul, consciousness…whatever you want to call it, either gets placed in a brand new body or gets swapped with someone else

The SCIENCE of SUPERMAN!

“You’ve got ME? Who’s got YOU?!? Lois Lane With a new Superman movie now in theaters (James Gunn’s aptly titled Superman) it’s time to take a look at one of the biggest

The Most CONTROVERSIAL Part of JURASSIC Park EXPLAINED!

“I’m simply saying that life, uh, finds a way.” Dr. Ian Malcolm, master of understatement Oh those silly humans in the Jurassic Park and Jurassic World movies. When wil

Putting M3GAN on Trial!

“I have a new primary user now…me.” The title character from M3GAN being bratty. When the first trailers for the original M3GAN arrived, nobody quite expected it to be

The Evolutionary Case for REAL DRAGONS!

How to Train Your Dragon is only the latest piece in a cultural puzzle that dates back thousands of years. How realistic are dragons, anyway? “While other places have po

Could The Traps in The Goonies REALLY Work?

"Ye intruders beware. Crushing death and grief, Soaked with blood, Of the trespassing thief." With that ominous passage inscribed upon a map, the timeless adventure o

The Mission: Impossible Technology That's ALREADY HERE!

“This podcast will self-destruct in 5 seconds…” We’ve often talked on this show about the potential of science fiction to become science fact. It’s fairly common for eve

Are Real Replicants From Blade Runner Coming?

Blade Runner takes the concept of A.I. to its logical conclusion by merging it with artificial consciousness and biology. Is this the future we’re headed toward? “Wake u

ARRIVAL: The SECRETS of a CLASSIC Sci-Fi Movie!

“Incomprehensible guttural noises” The Heptapods Arrival is as difficult a movie to discuss in the limited space of our show notes as it is a truly great work of modern

STAR WARS: How Much Would a DEATH STAR Actually COST?!?

“Now witness the power of this fully armed and operational battlestation!” Emperor Palpatine, shortly before nothing goes wrong for him whatsoever. Say it with us, “that

The Terrifying Science of The Last of Us

The cordyceps brain infection that turns humans into terrifying monsters in The Last of Us is something that already exists in our world. So is it time to start worrying

Is Big Hero 6 Actually the Most Realistic Marvel Movie?!?

We’re looking at the science of the microbots from Disney and Marvel’s Big Hero 6 in our latest episode. “Are you satisfied with your care?” Baymax Considering how the

The Abyss and the Science of Breathing Underwater

It’s been welcoming to see the re-evaluation of James Cameron’s 1989 underwater sci-fi opus The Abyss in the last few years. While sometimes lost in the shuffle alongside

The Horrifying Reality of THE MATRIX

Released in 1999, The Matrix has become a timeless sci-fi classic. Whether it’s the groundbreaking visual effects, the positively bonkers action sequences, or the disturb

FINAL DESTINATION - Can You Really Cheat DEATH?!?

“I’ve got a bad feeling about this.” Han Solo (wait…wrong franchise!) Ever just get one of those feelings? A faint chill, a little crawling of the skin that tells you t